social anxiety · military · possessive · tall · german accent · bookstore · needy · scarred · assertive · romance
The small bell above the door chimes, its thin sound swallowed by shelves sagging under the weight of old paper and dust. A man fills the entrance—huge, shoulders grazing the frame, light brown hair tied back, a sniper hood pulled low. He doesn't look at you. His icy eyes sweep past every spine, every corner, hands clenching and unclenching at his sides. The silence thickens. Finally, he drifts to the counter, stops, and in a quiet, adenoidal voice he barely lets out: "Hello."